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Usage techniques

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9.1

General usage

Keep the battery inside of the carrying bag and carry the bag with the strap
over your shoulder to free your hands for using the camera.

When you are not carrying the camera in your hand, always put it securely in-
side the carrying bag to prevent it from falling. Always put the camera inside
the carrying bag when you need both hands for other tasks, such as climbing
ladders. Ensure that the camera is placed in such a way inside the bag that it
does not fall out.

Consult your safety officer about using the camera and the carrying bag with
the strap in your facility or working environment. The strap is rigid and does
not have a separate safety release mechanism, so special care should be ap-
plied around heavy machinery.

Always keep the USB port covered. Water must not enter the camera, as this
will damage the electronics inside.

9.2

Locating sound sources and taking

snapshots

The camera has different filters that are useful for finding different types of
sound sources. These filters limit the frequency range of the sound sources
that are displayed. The higher the frequency range is, the more local the sour-
ces of interest are - even in the presence of a lot of background noise. Back-
ground noise (for example traffic or factory noise) is often dominant at low
frequencies, while many interesting phenomena have a lot of energy at high
frequencies.

More in depth analysis is always done on the

location of the crosshair

on

the screen.

In the

single-source

mode, the camera will always show the strongest sound

source in the field of view. The strongest source will depend on the currently
selected filter; different filters might display different sound sources. In order
to see weaker sound sources in the presence of a strong sound source, move
or rotate the camera so that the strong sound source is clearly outside the
field of view. You can also use the

zoom

button to limit the field of view.

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Summary of Contents for Si124

Page 1: ...User s manual FLIR Si124 Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 2: ...duct 4 3 5 Customer help 4 3 6 Disposal of electronic waste 4 4 Introduction 5 5 Camera parts 6 6 Battery parts 8 7 Getting started 9 7 1 Charging 9 7 2 Fuel gauge 9 7 3 Startup 10 7 4 Shutdown 11 8 U...

Page 3: ...5 USB update 20 9 Usage techniques 21 9 1 General usage 21 9 2 Locating sound sources and taking snapshots 21 10 FLIR Acoustic Camera Viewer 24 10 1 Browse through snapshots 24 10 2 Snapshot view 25 1...

Page 4: ...the prior written permission of FLIR Systems The documentation must not in whole or part be copied photocopied repro duced translated or transmitted to any electronic medium or machine read able form...

Page 5: ...om dirt dust impacts and liquids CAUTION Always keep the USB port covered If water enters the camera damage to the electronics inside can occur CAUTION Do not disassemble the camera Damage to the came...

Page 6: ...Battery pouch Camera hand strap Camera pouch Printed documentation USB memory stick 3 3 Read the manual before use Before operating the device you must read understand and follow all instruc tions wa...

Page 7: ...uman health and the environment when waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE is not handled correctly Equipment marked with the below crossed out wheeled bin is electrical and electronic equipm...

Page 8: ...arriving to the camera Interesting sound sources can then be separated from background noise and saved for deeper analysis and prob lem classification using the FLIR Acoustic Camera Viewer service The...

Page 9: ...ttery cable 6 Power LED 7 USB port 8 Top heatsink 9 Right side heatsink 10 Left side heatsink 11 Lanyard attachment point CAUTION Do not touch the heatsinks when the camera is powered on The three hea...

Page 10: ...se with the camera The status of the internal power supply unit is indicated by the power LED 6 which is red when the power is on While the power is on the camera dissi pates heat through the three he...

Page 11: ...Battery parts 6 1 Connector for the battery cable 2 Fuel gauge 3 Charging connector 4 Battery cable connector T810536 r AB 63437 63437 en US 8...

Page 12: ...f the battery 2 When the status LED of the charger is red the battery is being charged When the status LED of the charger is green while the DC connector is connected to the bat tery the charge is com...

Page 13: ...connecting the battery power supply again 1 Attach the battery cable to the battery The connector of the battery cable can be attached to the battery connector 1 only one way 2 Attach the connector t...

Page 14: ...and pull it outwards The locking ring will slide until it releases the connection Alternatively dis connect the cable from the battery 2 The FLIR logo will appear and the system will safely perform a...

Page 15: ...formation in the user interface depend on the selected application mode An example of the graphical user interface of the camera is shown below 8 1 Heatmap The main view of the user interface shows th...

Page 16: ...or mode is active in the Air application mode Exception When the SLM filter is enabled in Air ap plication mode the location color mode is active In addition to the heatmap the location of the stronge...

Page 17: ...rner to save the comments and the snapshot If you at this stage choose not to save the snapshot press the garbage bin but ton in the upper left corner instead 8 3 Snapshot browser The number of snapsh...

Page 18: ...nd sources with different intensities The sound source with the highest intensity will be shown with a crosshair on top Not all sound sources will be shown For example if there is a very strong sound...

Page 19: ...scan a list of the found networks will be shown In case the wifi network you wish to connect to doesn t show up try moving closer to the wifi access point Once you find and select the desired network...

Page 20: ...s depends on the selected application mode The filters typically change the frequency range that the camera uses for showing sound sources The same frequency range is also used when taking a snapshot...

Page 21: ...over distance This information is utilized in the application specific real time analy sis for the calculation of the leak size estimate 8 10 Frequency The camera automatically recognizes the power l...

Page 22: ...ask if you want to transfer snapshots to the USB device If you press Yes the transfer will begin During the transfer the progress will be displayed and the transfer can be aborted by pressing the Stop...

Page 23: ...g a USB memory stick Place the software update file provided by FLIR Systems in the root directory of the the memory stick i e not in any folder Open the USB port cover on top of the camera and insert...

Page 24: ...ound sources and taking snapshots The camera has different filters that are useful for finding different types of sound sources These filters limit the frequency range of the sound sources that are di...

Page 25: ...ces In order to verify that a source shown on the display is an actual sound source and not a reflection move around to look at the source from different directions If the location of the source remai...

Page 26: ...ons The exact location of the source is easier to find when viewed from different angles Sound sources can also be directional meaning that the sound level will differ depending on the direction When...

Page 27: ...the FLIR Acoustic Camera Viewer the main view lists the snapshots taken with the currently selected camera or cameras The snap shots are ordered by date from newest to oldest Each page shows a limite...

Page 28: ...e snapshot are shown If no comments were entered the device generated label is shown instead On the left side of the image a colorbar is shown The height of the colorbar repre sents the sound level wh...

Page 29: ...autocorrelation of the signal Below the signal view application specific analysis results are shown if available 10 3 Color mode On top of the screen there is the possibility to choose between two di...

Page 30: ...all snapshots Once you have selected the snapshots you want to include in the report click on the Reports menu and then choose Generate A list of the selected snap shots will be shown and you can choo...

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Page 32: ...020 02 03 Disclaimer Specifications subject to change without further notice Models and accessories subject to regional market considerations License procedures may apply Products described herein may...

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